NEW YORK, April 22 A Claysburg, Pa., teenager has been crowned LG National Texting champion in New York after she typed on her cell phone faster than any other contestant.
Morgan Pozgar, 13, managed to thumb type two lines of the "Mary Poppins" song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to take home the $25,000 top prize in Saturday ' s contest, the New York Daily News reported Sunday. "I'm going to go shopping and buy lots of clothes," the prolific texter said after besting 200 other competitors at the Roseland Ballroom. The song lyrics boosted Pozgar, the East Coast champion, over West Coast rival Eli Tirosh, 21.
Morgan estimates she sends more than 8,000 text messages every month to friends and family.
"My phone is pretty worn in," she said.
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